Am I posting in the right forum?
Sometimes, especially if you're new, the site can be considered a maze and trying to find the right forum to post things in can be difficult, but! We've got you!

The sims 3 - General - If you're wondering about something, wanting to discuss the game or just wanting to talk about gameplay... maybe even Bella Goth! We've got this very mysterious but popular forum for you!

The sims 3 - Create forum - If you're posting questions on why your mesh exploded or why something isn't working and you're desperately looking for a way to fix it, we've got this not-so exploded forum for you!

The sims 3 - Help - If you're posting any questions regarding what to if you have Glitches, your game crashes, or anything that interferes with your gameplay, you can check out this amazing forum!

The sims 3 - Challenges(Note: Every challenge are looked over and moderated) - If you're posting this awesome Challenge that you've made and want to share it with the community, you can check out this amazing forum! (Note: Every challenge are looked over and moderated)

The sims 3 - Contests - If you're in the mood of running your own Contest(Yep this is not just a staff thing ), you can check out this wonderful forum!

If you've written this incredible Story about your sims and wanting to share it, you can check out this very useful forum: The Sims 3 - Stories

The sims 3 - Pictures - If you're feeling like sharing some hilarious Pictures of your sims or just sharing those adored moments, you can check out this picture-y forum!

The sims 3 - Movies - If you've made a youtube gameplay Video or maybe a machinima or even a tutorial, you can check out this picture-y forum!

All off-topic forums- If you're feeling to talking about something off-topic, computer issues, debating politics, sharing music or videos, introducing yourself, or wondering about the MTS toilet, there's a bunch of forums over here!

Upload Wizard - If you're looking for a way to upload your downloads, the wizard shall let you pass right here!

Creator Guidelines - If you're uploading things, also check out the guidelines right here!

What happens if I post it in the wrong forum?
Sometimes accidentally posting something in the wrong place just happens. Maybe you had a topic where it fits in more than one place and confused you on to where to post it. However, if that happens, out of love of course, we do move these threads to the right place. So if you're posting a Help related question in General just to get more views, unfortunately we'll have to move that one too for you

If it is an occurring thing however, and it's definitely clear that you know where your posts go but just keep posting it in a specific thread where it shouldn't go, we can give you a warning for forum abuse. Not only is it that the forums are being kept clean but also because this could annoy fellow members who also post and use the same forum!

What about requesting?
Requesting itself means whether you're about to post if someone could:

Make something for you

Update a specific mod

Fix a problem with a specific mod

Anything that sounds demanding-y

This, however in itself is not allowed unfortunately. And probably will never. Mainly because it has gone wrong plenty of times before and decided that requesting won't be a thing anymore. Therefore, any post that is being posted in any of the forums mentioned above WILL be deleted.

If requesting is an occurring thing, the same as with ignoring people's guidance in posting things in the forums, you will get a warning for doing so... Please don't try us :P

But... I really want that thing!

While posting requests here on MTS is against the rules, there are a few sources that you can go to:

Creators who take requests - Keep in mind that creators in this list have feelings (Yes they do!) so be extra nice! Also, Some of them might actually have forgotten to remove themselves from the list so always check their active days as well. This is NOT a requesting page however!

Some creators that do take requests - If a creator stated in their policy, their journal or 'about me' section that they do take requests (And really, only if they did. If not, do not message them to ask if they do). Then feel free to ask them. Also check their active dates as well.

The internet - Sometimes CC that you really want can be easily found by an easy google search. Else you can always use our Where Can I Find forum but as long as you don't request anything. There are also various sims sites that do have request forums so that might be worth a shot too!

NOTE: Do keep in mind that if you post anything 'request-y' related, your post WILL be deleted.

Use Descriptive Thread Titles!
Use a thread title that describes in a few words what you are discussing, so people know what the thread is about. However, don't make titles like "My sim just got himself a boat and got eaten by a Kraken, pics in the post!" and then having little to zero description. In this case you'd want to have "Sim eaten by kraken?!" or something in that content with a nice story in your description so it's much easier to discuss whatever happened in your game

No hate threads on specific games
That being for example: 'the sims 4 sucks! Who's with me?!'. in the sims 4 general forum. Or anything about any of the games. People usually talk about their favourite moments in their preferred games or discuss the gameplay, so making a thread like this is not only unnecessary, but just rude.

No file sharing/promoting your CC
There shouldn't really be a reason for you to upload files in the general forums (Exception for pictures of course). If you happen to be in a situation where you do share files, make sure it's not a reupload of anything, Store items, Someone else's or your Mods folder, or anything against our Site rules

You might have made some awesome CC for everyone to check out, though the best place for this would be to upload this through our Upload Wizard We're a download hosting site after all, no need to use the forums! If you made CC that you uploaded on Tumblr, Patreon, wordpress or any kind of link where you host your downloads, please do NOT use this forum for promoting. These sorts of posts will be deleted as they are considered as spam.

If you're just looking for a way to get feedback, and not necessarily putting it up for download that way, please check out the Creator Feedback Forum